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APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 26, 1903.

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PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM W. SANDERS, OF INDEPENDENCE, LOUISIANA.

MOWER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 747,492, dated December22, 1903.

Application filed September 26, 1903. Serial No. 174,818. (No model.)

Too /ll whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I,W1LLIAM W. SANDERS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Independence, in the parish of Tangipahoa and State ofLouisiana, have invented a new and useful Mower, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to mowing-machines, being especially designed forcutting weeds and grass between rows of plants, and has for its objectsto produce a device of this character of simple construction which willbe efficient in operation and one in which the cut.- ter-bar may bethrown into and out of operation at will.

To these ends the invention comprises the novel details of constructionand combination of parts more fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a top plan view of a mowerembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3is a front detail sectional elevation. Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates the frame of the machine,composed of side bars 2 and 3, a front transverse connecting-bar 4, andan intermediate transverse bar or plate 5, disposed at the longitudinalcenter of the frame, the bar 2 being extended forwardly beyond the frontbar or plate 4 and provided with a clevis 6, adapted for the attachmentof the draft-animal.

7 designates a supplemental bar disposed parallel with and upon theouter face ofthe frame-bar 2, to which it is attached by bolts orotherwise, the bar 7 being maintained distant from'bar 2 by suitablespacing-blocks, whereby a space or opening 8 is produced in which isarranged a pair of intermeshing gears 9 and 10. The gear 9 is fixed uponthe main drive shaft'or axle 11 of the machine, upon which is also fixedthe ground-wheel12, adapted in traveling over the ground to transmitmotion to said gear 9. The gear 10 is fixed upon a counter-shaft 13,journaled for rotation in the frame and carrying at its inner end abevel-gear 14, which is fixed upon the shaft and driven thereby from thegroundwheel through the medium of the gears 9 and 10, as will be readilyunderstood.

15 is a driven or operating shaft extended centrally and longitudinallyof the frame 1 Fixed upon the forward end of the shaft 15 is aneccentric head 18, carrying a wrist-pin 19, upon which is pivoted theinner end of a link' 20, which is in turn pivoted at its outer end tothe upper end of a rocking member or lever 21. The lever 21 is pivotedat its center in a bearing head or fork 22, attached to frame-bar 2, andis connected at its lower end by a link 23 to a reciprocatory knife orcutter-bar 24.

The cutter-bar 24 is adapted for longitudinal reciprocation in a guide25, extending transversely of the machine and outward a suitabledistance to the right of the latter. The guide is connected at its innerend to and sustained by a vertical standard 26, attached to anddepending from the frame 1, while the outer end of the guide issustained by a diagonal brace-rod 27, attached at its rear end adjacentto the rear end of longitudinal bar 3, and provided at its outer endwith a vertically-depending portion 28, engaged with the guide-bar,which latter is provided with the usual teeth or fingers designed forcooperation with the knives of the cutter-bar 24 during operation of thelatter.

29 indicates a pair of handles bolted or otherwise secured at theirfront ends to the transverse bar 5 and sustained adjacent to their rearends by vertical standards 30, arising from the frame, these handlesbeing connected at suitable points between their ends within easy reachof the operator and may be fixed in either its gearing or non-gearingpositions by means of a pin 35, designed for insertion through any oneof a series of openings 36, formed in the bar 32.

37 designates a small caster-Wheel journaled for rotation at the lowerend of a suitable frame or standard depending vertically from the sidebar2, this caster being designed to properly balance the frame andmaintain the cutter-bar in its proper cutting position.

The operation, briefly, is as follows: Supposing the parts to be inoperative position with the lever 33 thrown to the left, power will betransmitted from wheel 12 to shaft 15 through the medium of theintermediate gearing and the shaft will as it rotates serve through itseccentric head 18, link 20, and lever 21 to reciprocate bar 24. If,however, it is desired at any time to throw the bar 24 out of operation,lever 33 is moved to the right and locked in such position by the pin35, thus throwing and maintaining the bevelp'inion 17 out of mesh withthe bevel-gear 14.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I produce adevice of simpleconstruction which will be efficient in operation and one which isadmirably adapted for the attainment of the ends in view. It is to beunderstood, however, that I do not limit myself to the precise detailsherein set forth, inasmuch as minor changes may be made therein withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In amowing-machine, the combination with a frame, of an axle journaledtherein, a

ground-wheel fixed upon the axle, a driven shaft journaled for rotationin the frame, gear connections between the axle and shaft for drivingthe latter, the geared end of the shaft being movable transversely inits hearing, a cutter-bar, operative connections between the shaft andbar for operating the latter, a pivoted member engagingthe shaft, andalever connected with the member for actuating the latter to move theshaft transversely into and out of gear.

2. In a mowing-machine, the combination with a frame, of an axlejournaled therein, a ground-wheel fixed upon the axle,a countershaftjournaled in the frame and in gear connection with the axle, abevel-gear fixed upon the counter-shaft, a driven shaft journaled forrotation in the frame, a bevel-pinion fixed upon the shaft and in meshwith the bevelgear, the geared end of the driven shaft being movabletransversely in its bearing, a reciprocatory cutter-bar, a rockingmember operatively connected therewith, operative connections betweenthe rocking member and driven shaft, a pivoted member engaging thedriven shaft and operable for moving the latter transversely to throwits pinion into and out of mesh with the bevel-gear, and a lever foroperating said member.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM W. SANDERS.

Witnesses:

M. A. DOLHOUDE, J. B. CoURMEs.

